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Claude Williams

jazz violinist and guitarist

United States • 1908-02-22 – 2004-04-26

Claude Williams is credited on 131 releases across 52 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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131

Pressings credited

52

Albums

7

Decades active

6

In collections

Biography

Claude "Fiddler" Williams (February 22, 1908 – April 25, 2004) was an American jazz violinist and guitarist who recorded and performed into his 90s. He was the first guitarist to record with Count Basie and the first musician to be inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.

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Credited work

131 releases · 52 albums · active 1950–2018

  • Performance · 159
  • Other credits · 22
  • Production · 1

Studios: The Meadowbrook · Studio Condorcet · Thunder Sound · Stadtsaal, Burghausen

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